The vehicle tilted to a halt in their direction. The wheels roared and spun very loudly as they stopped in front of Julian and the soldiers.
Julian couldn't be happier; he stared at the mech soldiers who gave themselves high fives.
"C'mon in," Rehul said to them.
They all hopped in the vehicle, which had a backseat large enough to accommodate them all.
But Julian chose to sit behind Rehul, at the front seat.
"She your girlfriend?" one of the funny soldiers in mech asked.
Julian grinned under his helmet. He wouldn't let them have the impression that he was in love with anybody, and so, he simply said, feigning this cool accent—'steeze' accent:
"Nah, she's just my partner."
Rehul looked at Julian from the side of her right eye. She was just a partner, alright.
She zoomed the car past the heart of the alien city.
Julian had been expecting this planet—with all the tech stuff they had—to be neon-like, but to his surprise, it actually wasn't.
